Education and Learning
External Courses
and Conferences
Harlaxton Symposium 2006
International Medieval Congress
Keele 2006
Beginners’ Latin Course from
TNA
Harlaxton
Symposium
2006
The
23rd Harlaxton Symposium: Signs and Symbols, 17–20 July 2006,
Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire
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The theme for this year’s Symposium
is ‘Signs and Symbols’ and will concentrate on the use of signs and symbols
for communication in the Middle Ages. It will explore their use both alone
and also alongside and through the medium of the written word. It will
seek contributions from those who will look at why symbols were chosen,
why they were needed and how popular, (or not), they were. The fields
that will be covered are Art History, History and English poetry and prose.
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Speakers will include: Adrian Ailes, Mary Carruthers, John Cherry, Elizabeth Danbury, Lucy Freeman Sandler, Christa Grössinger, Phillipa Hardman, Paul Harvey, Derek Keene, Julian Luxford, Richard Marks, Jane Martindale, Stephen Medcalf, Michael Michael, Nigel Morgan, Elizabeth New, Richard Plant, Andrew Prescott, Nicholas Rogers, Nigel Saul, Alison Stones, Meg Twycross, Magnus Williamson and Pamela Tudor-Craig Lady Wedgwood. A visit and tour will be included to Peterborough Cathedral on the afternoon of 19 July where Julian Limentani, Cathedral Architect to the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough, will discuss some of the architectural heritage of the Cathedral. |
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The full cost of the Symposium is £100 for full time students and £150 for all other delegates. This includes the cost of accommodation, meals and the trip to Peterborough Cathedral.
Full details, and a provisional programme, are available on the web site, or by contacting the Secretary Mr Christian Steer, The Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, c/o IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom.
International Medieval Congress, 9-12 July 2007 Leeds
Established in 1994, the IMC has provided an unrivalled forum for intellectual debate in the field of Medieval studies for thirteen years. Hosted by the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds, the IMC is held in Leeds every July, and each year attracts some 1300 medievalists from throughout the world. Papers and sessions are selected for the IMC by an International committee of 38 leading medievalists, specialists in fields from Scandinavian to Mediterranean Studies, from monasticism to the study of non-Christian cultures.
For more information contact:
Institute of Medieval
Studies
Parkinson Building, 1.03
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK
For more information please go to www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/index.html
Tel: +44 (0) 113 343
3614
Fax: +44 (0) 113 343 3616
29th Latin and Palaeography Summer School
This long-standing and popular Summer School will be held at the University of Keele, North Staffordshire, 29 July – 4 August 2006. The School provides expert tuition in small groups for those who wish to acquire or improve their skills in reading and transcribing medieval and early modern records, especially those in Latin.
For further details please consult www.keele.ac.uk/depts/hi/adults/latin.htm
Course Director:
Dr Nigel Tringham
n.j.tringham@keele.ac.uk
Beginners’ Latin course from The National Archives
The National Archives have developed a tutorial as a beginners’ guide to the Latin used in documents between 1086 and 1733. It is the first online tutorial to help you learn the Latin from this period.
There are twelve lessons each with their ‘activity’, i.e. test, glossary, word list and grammar table. Finally there is a reference section which is particularly useful. Here there are guides to the dating of documents, problems with Latin and the documents, how to ‘decline’ personal names and a bibliography.
To visit the site go to: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/